Shelf Road at Night

   Recently on my way home from work in Cripple Creek at about 7:30 p.m., the moon was almost full and the landscape on the Shelf Road was covered with snow from the last snow storm. With the moon being almost full and all the snow it was almost like daylight. as some of you may know, Shelf Road can be can get pretty dark, especially in the area known as Window Rock. I was thinking I should be getting some photos because it was clear with stars out and the temperature was not very cold, it was probably in the mid 30's.

Photo above is Window Rock. I used my headlights to help with the light to focus the camera.

Since I had the camera and tripod with me I would stop to get some night shots. I found a good place to pull off so that other vehicles could get by. Got the camera out and set it up on the tripod. Made my adjustments to the camera to take some long exposure images. as I was setting up a pickup went by, so I really wanted to get this shot of this truck. The camera was ready, all I had to do is wait for the truck to cross my field of view. The truck finally got into my field of view and I pressed the button on the camera, the shutter stayed open for 20 seconds. The lights from the truck creates a light trail making a creative image. 

   An issue I have when trying to photograph at night is focusing on the subject manner. With the moon being almost full there was just enough light to see what I was focusing on.

   

 This is the result I got from my evening on the shelf road.